Dengue outbreak: 143 new patients hospitalised

A total of 143 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday.

Forty-eight of them were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a regular update.

Since January, 98,779 people were hospitalised with dengue. Of them, 97,874 made full recovery.

Currently, 654 patients, including 291 in the capital, are undergoing treatment at different hospitals.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research has received 251 reports of dengue-related deaths. It has reviewed 179 of them and confirmed 112 deaths.